. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. IX-86. IX-SG South America—The Buccaneers ^1^1 difficult to see just how these raids, made without any declaraii^n ^f war,differed from the flat
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. IX-86. IX-SG South America—The Buccaneers ^1^1 difficult to see just how these raids, made without any declaraii^n ^f war,differed from the flat piracy of an earher day. For instance, Francis Drake,afterward the celebrated English admiral, had as a merchant a private quarrelwith the Spaniards; and his revenge is world-known. He seized and plun-dered the rich Colombian city of Nombre de Dios, a century before Morgansattack on Panama. Then in 1578 Drake ventured througli tlie stormy Straitof Magellan. Leaving England with five ships, he reached the Pacific withonly one. But that one was enough; he was the first foreigner to penetrateto the Spanish Ocean; the whole coast of Chile and Peru lay unprotectedbefore him. He sailed north along the shore line plundering and the Spaniards could equip ships to meet him he was gone. Sailing stillwestward he reached Asia, went around the world and so back to England. Later, in 1585, Drake attacked Cartagena, the chief Spanish stronghold on
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